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Like Peter Thiel, Tech Workers Feel Alienated by Silicon Valley ‘Echo Chamber’

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370 points sillypuddy | 2 comments | 18 Feb 18 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source
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jstewartmobile ◴[18 Feb 18 17:04 UTC] No.16406941[source]▶
I hate to have sympathy for the devil here, but I see their point.

Hackernews is living proof. Pre-election, you could voice a contrary opinion here and have a discussion. Post-election, even the faintest wrongthink shibboleth gets silently downvoted into oblivion.

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door3 ◴[18 Feb 18 19:31 UTC] No.16407769[source]▶
I was shadowbanned for getting downvoted too much for saying James Damore had terrible sexist opinions and should have been fired.

Hackernews is predominantly right wing & conservative.

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gameswithgo ◴[18 Feb 18 19:36 UTC] No.16407805[source]▶
You probably just weren't civil enough? I've been shadowbanned but it is because I lost my shit and became rude. I mean it is understandable to lose one's shit here sometimes but also understandable to not allow it.
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door3 ◴[18 Feb 18 19:47 UTC] No.16407900[source]▶
Maybe, but really the point isn't about me. The point is the dominant opinion on Hackernews is "James Damore was right!" or at least "James Damore made some good points", which, whether you believe it or not, is absolutely a right-wing, conservative opinion, not the kind of "liberal SV PC culture" that is supposedly dominant and oppressive.
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rhapsodic ◴[18 Feb 18 22:17 UTC] No.16409127[source]▶
>The point is the dominant opinion on Hackernews is "James Damore was right!" or at least "James Damore made some good points",

Uh, that's not my impression. My impression is that the pro-Damore posters say he should not have been fired for the views he expressed. And they're not the dominant opinion; rather it seems neither the pro- or anti-Damore opinions are dominant.

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1. door3 ◴[18 Feb 18 23:06 UTC] No.16409418[source]▶
I recall several articles defending the “women are biologically inferior at tech, it’s science” position on the front page.
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2. lopmotr ◴[19 Feb 18 04:42 UTC] No.16410798[source]▶
Were they actually saying "inferior" or "less interested"?Those are completely different things. One is supported by evidence and the other isn't, as far as I know. Even if it isn't, what's wrong with discussing an article about it? Not everything on HN is textbook-level confirmed facts.